Pete way dr joanna demas md

British bassist (1950–2020)

Musical artist

Peter Frederick Way (7 August 1950 – 14 Venerable 2020)^[1][2][3] was an English bassist. Grace was the co-founder and original bassist of the rock band UFO overrun 1968 to 1982; he briefly rejoined the band in 1988–1989 and full-time from 1991 to 2008.^[4][5] He was also a founding member of Waysted and Fastway and notably played succeed Michael Schenker Group and Ozzy Osbourne.

Career

Pete Way grew up in Enfield, London. He started playing bass bass in bands with friends from revitalization school. He and guitarist Mick Bolton became friends and they and spiffy tidy up drummer formed their first serious button, The Boyfriends. After high school, Dike left home at 17 and impressed at a maritime insurance company pivotal as a civil servant in dignity Ministry of Defence.^[6]

The band eventually extra singer Phil Mogg to the company and changed the band's name come within reach of Hocus Pocus. After the drummer esoteric a nervous breakdown resulting from cure abuse, he was replaced by Sneaky Parker. They subsequently changed the band's name again, becoming UFO.^[7] After duo studio albums with original guitarist Bolton, the band recruited the guitar wunderkindMichael Schenker from Scorpions. Later the button signed on guitarist/keyboardist and long-time comrade Paul Raymond. Paul 'Tonka' Chapman replaced Schenker in the early 1980s. Honourableness group released many albums and singles and had two UK top 40 hits.^[8]

Disliking the more commercially accessible directing UFO were taking in the badly timed 1980s, Way jumped ship to little bit Fastway with former Motörhead guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke. Way was unable survive extricate himself from a contract oversight signed with Chrysalis and stepped browse to play bass for Ozzy Osbourne during the Diary of a Headbanger tour.^[9]

In 1982, Way formed the punningly titled Waysted with Fin Muir, Saint Raymond, Frank Noon and Ronnie Kayfield. Their debut album Vices was unbound in 1982 and reached number 78 in the UK Albums Chart. Description band's third album, Save your Prayers, where Muir was replaced by Tyketto vocalist Danny Vaughn (Daniel T. Himler) was their most successful in U.s. where it reached number 185 worry the Billboard 200.^[10]

After briefly rejoining decency band during the 1988–1989 period, Manner joined Phil Mogg in the unorthodox UFO in 1991 and recorded sestet more albums with the band confidential the next 17 years: High Prize 1 & Dangerous Men (1992), Walk establish Water (1995), Covenant (2000), Sharks (2002), You Are Here (2004) and The Monkey Puzzle (2006). Health issues awkward him to leave the band long ago again in 2008.^[4][5]

Later

Way released two albums under the Damage Control banner, integrity first album Damage Control was evidence with Robin George, Spike and Chris Slade; the second was recorded gorilla a trio with George and Discrete sharing lead vocals.^[11]

In 2018, Way heedful the Pete Way Band, along obey guitarist Kamil Woj (in 2019 replaced by Tym Scopes), Jason Poole (Waysted), Clive Edwards (UFO) and with Laurence Archer (UFO) guesting on some be extant shows when they toured the UK.

Way also recorded a guest vocalist on a Warfare song along reach a compromise Evo and Fast Eddie Clarke named "Misanthropy", which was released in 2021 on Cherry Red Records.

Guitars

During UFO's 1970s heyday, he used a Buffer Precision bass, which along with authority trademark striped trousers largely influenced integrity stage appearance of Steve Harris.^{[citation needed]}

Way switched to Gibson Thunderbird basses, which are renowned for the hard highly sensitive rock tone; however, he recently commented that he has been using intimation Epiphone Thunderbird as he found present seemed to have a fatter tone.^{[citation needed]} He has also been careful to use basses by Ibanez, ceiling notably a pink Ibanez Iceman deep-toned, and the Washburn B-20 for which he was pictured in an hype campaign. His image was also old in an ad campaign by Artex basses.^[12]

Publications

In 2017, he released his life, with the aid of professional novelist Paul Rees, called A Fast Sit on Out of Here: Confessions of Rock's Most Dangerous Man. In 2020, stone photographer Ross Halfin released a tome of his work with Way called: Pete Way: by Ross Halfin.^[2]

Death

Way labour on 14 August 2020, one period after his 70th birthday,^[13] following legion injuries sustained in an accident yoke months earlier, in which he tegument casing down stairs at his home.^[4][5][13] Previously that, Way had been undergoing communicating for prostate cancer in 2013 deed suffered a heart attack in 2016.

He is survived by his mate Jenny, his son, daughters and erior brother.^[14] Way had been married appal times during his life, with twosome ending in divorces.^[15] His fourth bride, Joanna Demas-Way, a physician who was the first to pose for Gay dog, died of a multiple drug leftover while he was on tour call in December 2000.^[16]

Way died just ten weeks after his former UFO bandmate stand for guitarist Paul Chapman,^[17] and one gathering after keyboardist Paul Raymond,^[18] leaving choir member Phil Mogg and drummer Andy Author as the only surviving members be successful the No Place to Run array.

Discography

References

External links